Rubio testimony sheds light on friend’s shadowy Venezuela play  Axios Marco Rubio testifies in former housemate’s Maduro lobbying trial  BBC Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies at… [more]

Court denies AG’s petition to block Republican sheriff’s investigation of 650,000 ballots  Los Angeles Times Court blocks California effort to stop Republican sheriff’s ballot recount  The Guardian… [more]

Pakistan Offers to Host Talks Between Iran and the United States  The New York Times JD Vance role touted as Pakistan attempts to broker US-Iran peace… [more]

Democrat wins Florida house district containing Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate  BBC Democrat Emily Gregory will flip deep-red Florida House district that includes Mar-a-Lago, CNN projects  CNN Democrats flip… [more]

Wife of Hawaii doctor takes stand exactly 1 year after he allegedly tried to kill her  CBS News ‘He starts pushing me’: Wife describes cliffside struggle… [more]

DHS funding proposal falls flat as Democrats, conservatives and Trump raise doubts  Politico Top Senate Republicans push plan to end DHS shutdown, but obstacles remain  CNN Airport… [more]

Secretary Markwayne Mullin Is Ready to Deliver on President Trump’s Agenda  The White House (.gov) Mullin sworn in as DHS secretary as Republicans pitch new funding… [more]

Iran Says ‘Non-Hostile’ Ships Can Sail Through the Strait of Hormuz  The New York Times Iran will allow ‘non-hostile vessels’ to pass through Strait of Hormuz  The… [more]

Trump says the US is in talks with Iran as diplomatic efforts pick up  AP News Live updates: Trump says Vance and Rubio participating in talks… [more]

Judge says government’s Anthropic ban looks like punishment  NPR Judge presses DOD on why Anthropic was blacklisted: ‘That seems a pretty low bar’  CNBC Pentagon appears to… [more]